The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

The statistical report of the Department of
Agriculture, says Washington dispatch,
makes an increase Of only half Of per cent
in the condition OF corn. The past month has
been very generally favorable, but the status
OF large part OF the crop was fixed at the
date of the previous report The general
average condition is ~ instead Of 72.3 The
average OF the seven surplus States is Ga o,
instead OF GA. 2 in September. This is lower
condition than has ever been reported,
except in 1881, when the average was
nearly seven points lower, and the average
yield 1876 bushels. The indication
is now for yield Of small
fraction ever twenty bushels per acre
The test OF threshing has not materially en-
larged the average rate OF the wheat yield,
which appears TO be about Ill bushels, or
about four tenths of bushel less than last
year. The yield Of oats is slightly below an
average, about twenty-five bushels per acre
The product is fully 60 0O0, 600 bushels The
barley yield is nearly 20 per cent less than
medium yield, or about twenty five bushels
per acre. The yield of rye is 115 bushels per
acre, and the product about "A, 000, 600 bush
els There has been drop in the condition
OF buckwheat from 50 to nearly a. The con-
dition of potatoes has declined from 67.3 to
6l.5 The condition Of cotton has further de.
clined
The total assessed value of railroad property
in Illinois is sG6, 57 1885, an increase of 81, 500
600 over last year
A MONTREAL telegram says: @The Grand
Jury here has found true bill against
Mo- n.l Dial
and Col. Hickey, of Chicago, for conspiracy
The only witness examined was James Bax-
ter, who made the charge Baxter was exam
ined at great length, and after ten minutes
deliberation a unanimous bill was returned"
PREMIER NoRoUAY, of Manitoba, states that
it is the intention of the Government to COM
plete the Red River Valley Road this fall
THREE Mexican smugglers were killed by
the authorities near San Fernando.
The second game for the worlds baseball
championship, played at st Louis, resulted:
Detroit, 3; St Louis, 3 The latter's errors
were costly.
IT is stated that the principal sugar reiners
Of the country are endeavoring to form a
"trust" for the better protection of their in
terests and that the combined resources Of
the firms mentioned are about Sc, 000,0 O0
DISASTROUS storms occurred along the
southern coast of Mexico on the 9TH and Sth
of this month The city of Quelito was de-
stroyed, and many lives were lost Great
damage was done to the orange and coffee
crops of Sinaloa.
HE business failures Of the week num-
bered for the United States 49, and for Can
ada twenty, or a total OF 2J2, compared with
212 the previous week, and 179 for the CORE
spending week in 1856 r. q. Dun g. Co, in
their weekly review of trade, say:
More than slO7, O00 900 has been added to cir
culation within the last fourteen months, but
the speculation thus stimulated has wrought
much harm already and clouded the future
with doubt While great activity and expan-
sion are witnessed in some branches OF BUSH
ness, others exhibit symptoms of reaction. In
terror reports uniformly more favorable !;
though tight money and slow collections
still reported from some points, the pressure is
in most cases less severe, and collections rather
better. In Texas, where the cotton yield is said
10 he 10 per cent. below last year failures are
more numerous, and many traders are asking
indulgence. But east OF the Mississippi money
is generally easier at the South, and partial
failure of crops il as yet hardly recognized as n
cause Of disturbance in the Northwest, IL the
actual losses of farmer are as large as the Oc-
tober bureau report would indicate however,
some shrinkage in the volume Of business must
result.
EXTENSIVE forgeries upon the Government
have been discovered in the City of Mexico,
one alone amounting to $4,000 Several ar
rests have been made. rumor that 81 ,00o-
600 Government bonds have been forged is
denied by the Minister Of Finance